About

How much of Earth's atmosphere must we contaminate? How much of our lands and waters must we pollute? How much of our resources must we plunder, deplete? How many species must we ravage, despoil, extinguish? How many people must we degrade, deprive, destroy with toxic wastes and wars, before we learn to respect one another, to live in harmony on this planet, our Home?
"All living beings are brothers and sisters, nourished from the same source of life.." -- Thich Nhat Hanh

About Me

I was born in Eastern Europe during the height of the
Stalinist regime's reign of terror. Thus, I know what it is like to live under a repressive, dictatorial regime. The fear and terror -- as dissident friends and family members were tortured, imprisoned and some were executed -- is indelibly etched in my memory. That is the reason I have always been an ardent advocate of freedom, social justice, civil liberties, human rights and a voice of peace. The way I see it, war is morally wrong, regardless of who wages it, for whatever reason. No piece of land or commodity is worth the sacrifice of one human life. We are all members of the same race - the "human race" - and must learn to coexist peacefully. Our planet cannot sustain us much longer if we do not stop our wars, nukes, polluting, deforestation, and the wasteful, gluttonous consumption and depletion of our natural resources.

âA satisfyingly virulent, comical, absurd, deeply grieving true portrait of how things work today in the sleek factories of conglomerate book producers... A skillful novel of manners -- of very bad mannersâ

Friday, October 06, 2006

Please Join Us ! Coalition for Anti-Racism Education, Action, and First Nations' Solidarity

Please join us in forming a coalition for anti-racism education, action, and solidarity with First Nations’ Peoples in the London area.

Inspired by the recently formed community based anti-racism coalition in Caledonia whose mandate is to engage in anti-racism education and activism in support of Six Nations land rights (www.honorsixnations.com), we hope to create a similar coalition which brings together people from First Nations and non-Indigenous communities in the London area.

Our focus will be anti-racism education initiatives of various kinds--public forums / events / media commentaries; work shops / programs for community based settings as well as the public education system—initiatives which raise awareness and generate action that supports First Nations’ land rights and sovereignty and that challenges the racism and racist violence committed against First Nations’ people everyday. Our educational approach emphasizes the connection between racism against First Nations’ people and other racisms, as well as the interconnection between colonialism, race, gender and economic oppressions (both local and global). Our goal is to promote solidarity between First Nations peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians through raising critical awareness and organizing for social change.

Our first meeting will be held:

Thursday October 26th 2006, at 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. in room W 173 (the WempleBuilding) at King’s UniversityCollege, 266 Epworth Ave.LondonOntario. Here is a link with directions to King’s and this site also contains a map.